FSMB Policies

The guidelines provide an up-to-date resource for state medical and osteopathic boards in assessing physicians’ management of pain in their patients and determining whether opioid analgesics

The Federation of State Medical Boards of the US, Inc., accepted this Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Physician Impairment as policy in April 1995.

This report identifies and highlights instances of temporary, limited or special practice licensure and provides guidance for medical boards toward best regulatory practices, encouraging

This report defines the clinically inactive physician and identifies pathways that clinically inactive physicians may follow to successfully participate in Maintenance of Licensure

This model policy provides ethical and professional guidance to state medical boards about the use of electronic and digital media by physicians, including a standard of professionalism in

The model guidelines provide a resource for medical boards in regulating licensees participating in marijuana programs, and tool for educating licensees as to a board’s expectations when

These model guidelines provide a framework for medical boards to use in educating and regulating physicians who use complementary and alternative therapies in their practice.

The model policy provides guidance to medical boards for regulating the use of telemedicine technologies in medical practice and educates licensees as to the appropriate standards of care

The model policy encourages state medical boards promote the public health by making appropriate treatment available to opioid-addicted patients, and to educate the regulatory and physician

This report provides recommendations to assist state medical boards in oversight of unregulated office-based surgery and educates licensees as to appropriate standards for office-based